Chapter 1567： Full of hope in adversity

On the Higgs 3 planet, the sky was full of haze, and Midas stood in one of his temporary headquarters with his back hands behind his back, looking at the magical eyes gleaming in front of him.

One after another ground troops came out of this huge magic eye, as if endless. These troops come directly from the hinterland of the Ailan Hill Empire, and they are all well-trained elites.

The clone soldier replaced a large number of puppet robots and became the most important combat force on the Higgs 3 planet. Chris' plan to fight the guards near the Higgs 3 planet is being strictly implemented.

Undoubtedly, compared to Higgs 5, Higgs 3 has a magic portal, so the speed and quantity of reinforcements are not the same.

In just one day, millions of troops have gathered here, including powerful dragon warriors, elf warriors, dwarf warriors, orc warriors, and human magicians!

Similarly, the fighter force here has also been completely replaced with new J-30 fighters. Compared with the old fighters used on the Higgs 5, the new fighters have more powerful air superiority capabilities.

Completely different from Higgs 5, the Ailan Hill Empire deployed a large number of ground troops on Higgs 3, almost all over the planet. There is no preset landing field for the guards here, and the opponent will pay a heavy price if they want to enter the atmosphere.

There are a large number of armored divisions equipped with electromagnetic tanks on the ground as support, and special forces composed of masters to assist operations.

Coupled with a sufficient number of nuclear bombs, hundreds of thousands of long-range air defense missiles, electromagnetic anti-aircraft guns, etc., the anti-landing capability of the Higgs 3 can also be described as sky-defying.

Because it is determined that this place will be the main battlefield in the future, at least one of the main battlefields, the Ailan Hill Empire has reinforced tens of millions of troops here.

Most of these troops are deployed in solid fortifications, and hundreds of thousands of construction robots are still busy in unfinished areas.

It can be said that the fierce battle of Higgs 5 is gaining more time for Higgs 3. As time passed, the fortress of Higgs 3 became stronger every day.

Close to Higgs 3, Ailan Hill also deployed two artificial planets named fortresses. These two huge artificial planets are equipped with star destroyers only available on battleships, and they also have more powerful ones. Defense capabilities.

Using these two fortresses as barriers, the main force of the 1st Fleet can deploy defenses calmly, forming two lines of defense on the left and right, and sticking to the Higgs 3 planetary defense line.

At the same time, the Empire's 5th Fleet and 2nd Fleet flanked the Guardian fleet deep into the Higgs 3 space from left to right, and besieged the enemy forces attempting to attack Higgs 3 on three sides.

Compared with the Higgs 5, the Higgs 3 battle preparation is more adequate, the defense force is also more sufficient, and there are continuous supplements from the rear.

Seeing the densely packed combat troops arriving through the Eye of Magic in front of him, Medias felt very uncomfortable in his heart.

He looked at these troops and remembered the soldiers fighting **** the Higgs 5 planet, which made him feel like a knife.

"It would be great if we could deploy so many troops on the Higgs 5." The elderly general said with emotion.

Known as the imperial tortoise, he still maintained his original habit, meticulously wearing the military uniform on his body, and hung an imperial golden eagle medal. The leather boots that are always wiped brightly are worn on the feet, and the trousers are always ironed straight. The most conspicuous thing is still the long sword that hangs around his waist at all times.

"General! If you don't give up Higgs 5, the Guardian troops may turn to attack Dothan or Arrant...This is not what we want to see." The adjutant comforted behind him.

Everyone knows the importance of this war, and everyone knows the necessity of sacrifice. For some people, it is truly cruel.

The Ailan Hill Empire is too big, even if it is only one ten thousandth or even one hundred thousandth, there are as many warriors as stars who dare to sacrifice.

And the advancement of technology has allowed Ailan Hill to create countless soldiers who can go to death calmly. These fighters were prepared to sacrifice when they were made, so the commanders of the empire dared to let them sacrifice.

However, it is inevitable that countless such soldiers face death calmly and are given up as bait.

Pressing his hand on the hilt of the sword habitually, the old general Medias looked away from the far-reaching beam of light.

"To be honest, this battle was really aggrieved, even I feel aggrieved." Midas, who has always been known for his defense, showed a little unwilling expression on his face.

In fact, there are no defensive generals in this world, who are defensively stable, but they are doing their best to fight back.

There is no future passive defense, and no one will like it, including Mideas. He defended calmly, just because he knew that the empire behind him would eventually counterattack and win a brilliant victory.

Thinking of this, Medias feels that generals like Andre are the real defensive masters, who can still stick to their positions when there is no hope.

To be frank, this is the first time the Airanhill Empire has been forced to turn into defense, and it is also the first time the Ailanhill Empire has abandoned a defensive area as a bait for abandoned children.

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Andre is still in his underground headquarters at this moment. He has shrunk his defenses, but still finds that the enemy's attack is like a tide, and there is no sign of stopping.

Millions of troops lose tens of thousands of people every day. This is definitely not good news for the defenders on the isolated planet Higgs 5.

The number of air defense missiles consumed has reached a critical point. In order to support the air superiority of the entire defense line, or to prevent the opponent from using air superiority, the air defense forces have consumed a large amount of reserve ammunition.

In a few days, if there are no anti-aircraft missiles and everything depends on anti-aircraft guns, air defense operations will become more difficult.

Things have moved in a direction that no one wants to see, and the collapse of the entire defense line seems to be faster than previously estimated.

No one is willing to accept such a fact, but the fact is so cruel. This is war.

No one thought that the first problem was air defense, and no one thought that the ground forces of the Ailan Hill Empire would fight fairly well when the air force was inferior.

Using the bunkers, the Grenadier troops of the Ailan Hill Empire consumed more than ten times the enemy troops, but the number of enemy troops was hundreds of times more than theirs.

Seeing his commander's condition is not good, the adjutant comforted Andre: "Weapons and ammunition are still sufficient, and the loss of ground troops is actually acceptable."

"What's really terrible is that the number of air defense missiles and nuclear bomb reserves...Without nuclear bombs, we will no longer be able to attack the enemy's rear, and without air defense missiles, our air superiority will soon be lost." Andre recently I am struggling with the reduction of ammunition reserves.

The reduction of nuclear bombs will not continue to interfere with the enemy's offensive, and will not reduce the number of guards. And this problem has actually been exposed.

The previous Guardian's offense was not continuous and continuous. However, with the reduction in the number of nuclear strikes, the strength of the guards has clearly increased.

"This is not what I am most worried about. What I am most worried about is that as the battle continues, our strategic depth has been compressed too much." Andre looked at the map in front of him, thinking about himself. Said the adjutant.

Everyone knows that the situation will become more and more unfavorable, but no one expected that the speed will be so fast.

He pointed to several unusable field airports on the edge of the map, and continued to frustrately said: "Soon, our field airports will be greatly reduced. Without the support of these airports, the ground facilities of the Air Force will also be reduced. Facing enemy harassment and bombing."

This is absolutely certain. With the disappearance of strategic depth, field airports will definitely decrease rapidly.

The air force that has lost these field airports will be increasingly targeted by the other side. As long as the enemy is not a fool, it is definitely easier to suppress 10 airports within 100 kilometers than it is to suppress 20 airports within 2000 kilometers.

"Sky battleships also need hundreds of kilometers of strategic depth to maneuver, but we are obviously about to lose these strategic depths." Then, Andre's eyes fell on those holographic projections, hovering in the sky. On the battleship.

Once the sky battleship has no strategic depth and appears within the attack range of the Prowler fighters, then these sky battleships will also be quickly lost.

Even if there is a master to help protect a large target that has been under the enemy's attack, it will not last for too long.

"Without the cover of strategic depth, the Sky Fleet will soon suffer large-scale losses. Then the pressure on the ground will be even greater." He said helplessly.

Once these sky battleships are shot down, the ground will lose accurate ultra-long-range artillery support.

Without these large-caliber artillery support, the pressure will be passed on to the ground forces. This is the same as the lack of air defense missiles, and the pressure will eventually be passed on to the ground forces.

Just like dominoes, after one piece falls, the rest will fall quickly. The dominoes that fell before will overwhelm the other dominoes.

In short, in the next few days, the days of the ground forces will be worse than each day, and all the pressure will eventually be placed on the ground forces and continue until the ground forces completely collapse.

In the end, the strategic depth will be reduced to a few kilometers, and eventually it will be forced to go underground. It will be the last moment for everyone.

"Transfer the weapon consumption data here to the General Staff in time, focusing on copying to General Midas! I hope our experience can make them more calm in future operations." With a wry smile, he broke free from his pessimism, Ann. Drei opened his mouth and ordered.

The data here is valuable combat experience. After summing up, it will be sent to other troops, which will become an important reference for preparing for battle. This is also one of the important meanings of Andre's persistence here. These experiences will greatly reduce the loss of the Ailan Hill Empire in the future.

"Yes! General!" the adjutant saluted immediately and promised.

"Has General Adair's troops retreated to the designated position?" As if thinking of something, Andre asked Adair who had been ordered to vacate the defense a few days ago.

"Yes! General! They have retreated to the designated position to rest." The adjutant replied immediately.

After a pause, he added: "However, because of the loss of local air superiority, they are likely to be harassed by the Prowler fighters."

Retreating is not about going backwards in unison, breaking away from contact with the enemy, and trying everything possible to move backwards under the harassment of the enemy to minimize the loss. This is something Adair needs to worry about.

Sometimes, some guards have to be sacrificed, or even more exaggerated, a short counterattack has to be turned back.

To do these things in the state of losing the right to accuse, in fact, you have to take huge risks and bear a lot of losses at any time.

"The good news is that we intercepted a batch of crusher bombers before, so for the time being, the enemy will no longer send such large bombers to harass our ground forces." At this point, the adjutant added another sentence.

"How many fighters do we have?" Andre heard the words of intercepting enemy bombers, and immediately felt the pain.

Every large-scale operation of the Air Force will eventually be accompanied by distressing losses. This is war, a brutal war with evenly matched opponents.

"Probably less than 2,000!" The adjutant replied, looking down at the dynamic data. There is no way, the loss exists at any time, maybe in the next second, this number will become 1995.

Andre smiled bitterly, made a gesture of not thinking, and shook his head: "It's really a number that makes people unhappy."

"All our weapons are declining, including less than 1700 electromagnetic tanks left." The adjutant glanced at the data and whispered a reminder: "The reserve of fuel is sufficient. In addition, a train of underground railway trams has gone out. Malfunction, paralyzed..."

"There is bad news everywhere." Andre continued with a wry smile: "Is there no news that makes me happy?"

The adjutant was taken aback, and then he said to Andre: "As of today, we have not been destroyed by the enemy's organization of any division-level unit. This is already a miracle, General!"

"Okay! We all need a miracle! In other words, every day we live here is a new miracle!" Andrei nodded, stood up and said.

"Let our enemies see, even in the face of adversity, we are full of hope!" He carried his hands behind his back and looked at the adjutant: "Let's launch another nuclear bomb! Reduce some of the pressure on the front line!"